Venue of Action to Renew Judgment

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Civil Practice
  4. Verdict and Judgment
  5. Dormancy and Revival of Judgments
  6. Venue of Action to Renew Judgment

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An action to renew a dormant judgment shall be brought in the county where the defendant in judgment resides at the commencement of the action.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 3523; Code 1868, § 3546; Code 1873, § 3605; Code 1882, § 3605; Civil Code 1895, § 5379; Civil Code 1910, § 5974; Code 1933, § 110-1004.)

Law reviews.

- For note discussing problems with venue in Georgia, and proposing statutory revisions to improve the resolution of venue questions, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 254 (1972).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Beckham v. A & W Oil & Tire Co. (In re Beckham), Bankr. (Bankr. S.D. Ga. Sept. 15, 2004).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 46 Am. Jur. 2d, Judgments, § 404.

C.J.S.

- 49 C.J.S., Judgments, § 862.


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